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AMERICancestorsAN New England, New York, and Beyond Spring 2012 • Vol. 13, No. 2 UP FRONT A Special Announcement . 5 In This Issue ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ 8 NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC Letters & Feedback ������������������������������������������������������������������������ 9 GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY www.AmericanAncestors.org Announcements �������������������������������������������������������������������������� 10 A National Center for Family & Local History 2012 Summer Dinner • Free Fun Friday • African-American Established 1845 History and Genealogy Day • Genealogist’s Handbook for New England Research, 5th edition • NEHGS hosts Italian partner- The New England Historic Genealogical Society ship • ASG Scholar Award • Junior League of Boston at collects, preserves, and interprets materials to NEHGS • New York Family History Day • The Complete document and make accessible the histories of Great Migration Newsletter, Volumes 1–20 • The Winthrop families in America. 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